Sandbags and Fun

Sandbags and Fun

15 men showed up to check out the new location for the hardest South Charlotte AO…..THE BRAVE.

The Thang,

Get in teams of 2. Be honest with yourself and your partner and get someone with similar speed.

Each team grab a sand bag (ranging from 40-80 lbs) and lets mosey.

Head behind the corporate buildings across from Brazwells and run down the path stopping at each of 4 walls for 5 double merkin box jump burpees (Mermaid introduced me to this horrible exercise earlier in the week…Everyone thanks you).

Gather at the fourth wall and head to Room 101 (The parking garage hooked to the new Wells Fargo building). Head to the basement for instructions.

At each level one partner will do a sandbag exercise and the other will do 10 burpees. The burpee partner is the timer. keep doing sandbag exercises until he is done. Once complete run up to the next floor and exchange the bag. The other partner now does 10 burpees while the new sandbag man does the exercise. Repeato until you are at the top.

The sandbag exercises are as follows: Squat, Thrusters, and bent over rows.

We made it to the top and came down the stairs and did it all over again. From there we did the same exercises but down the ramps. At this point we were out of time and headed back to the launch site.

Old Moley..

I was impressed with the crew of 15 pax. There was no complaining about the sandbags and just a bit of good natured ribbing.

You never know how a workout like this will go. Will people give it there all. Will we be able to stay together…..

This group of PAX gave it there all. Everyone worked to encourage their teammate and the other teams. As I was in the six most of the I didn’t get to hear a lot of the mumble chatter. Here is what I know….

I am pretty Sure Thin Mint and Mario were out front killing it as always.

Fraiser and Haggis got in some second F and did some modification to keep some injuries from flaring up but pushed hard non the less.

Nard Dog and Flipper kept going throughout the hour with one of Flippers large sandbags. They also dogged it just enough to not leave YHC to far behind. Thanks Fellas

Mary Kay and Billy Goat must have been killing it, as I didn’t get to see them much. Great work fellas. Glad to have you at the Brave keep coming out.

I think these final pairs are correct…but correct me if I am wrong (lack of oxygen during the workout has my memory cloudy).

When I was able to catch Teddy and Tuck their form on the burpees and sandbag exercises looked to be top notch all the way through. Teddy mentioned his love for the Double Merkin Burpee box jumps and that he was hoping we would do some more as Mermaid didn’t give him enough earlier in the week.

Wingman and Turkey: both of these men were running fast and burpeeing (is that a word….It is NOW) faster.

Bunker and Wild Turkey: I feel that bunker has a head made for sandbag workouts. They slide effortless over his freshly shorn skull. Every time I saw these men they were head down and pushing it.

Tuck is now taking YHC’s place as one of the three Brave site Q’s. I would like to thank all of the men that have participated and pushed me at the Brave during my time as site Q. I have seen many men, including myself, get better from posting at the brave week after week. I appreciate being given the opportunity to lead by Madam Tassauds and Champagne.

Announcements:

The Brave now meets at Brazwells every week.